A genealogical history of society / Miguel A. Cabrera.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cabrera, Miguel A., 1935-2006, author.

Series:

SpringerBriefs in sociology

Springer briefs in sociology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

History--Social aspects.

History.

Genealogy--Social aspects.

Genealogy.

Physical Description:

v, 106 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2018]

Summary:

This book provides a detailed reconstruction of the process of formation of the modern concept of society as an objective entity from the 1820s onwards, thus helping to better understand the shaping of the modern world and the nature of the current crisis of modernity. The concept has exerted considerable influence over the last two centuries, during which time many people have conceived themselves and behave as members of a society, and social scientists have explained human subjectivities and conducts as social effects. For both groups, society exists as a very real phenomenon. Historical inquiry shows, however, that the modern concept of society is no more than a historically contingent way of imagining and making sense of the human world.

Contents:

1. Introduction

2. The making of society

The critique of individualism

Society as civilization

A new theory of human action

3. Society as economic structure

The critique of economic liberalism

Society as economic structure

4. A genealogical concept

Epilogue: the disenchantment of the social.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 105-106).

ISBN:

3319704362

9783319704364

OCLC:

1006315197